Re: bin/51587: pax doesn't recognize pax as an archive format

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/51587; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/51587: pax doesn't recognize pax as an archive format
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:34:40 +0800 (PHT)

 See also PR bin/26521
 
 
 On Mon, 31 Oct 2016, paul%whooppee.com@localhost wrote:
 
 >> Number:         51587
 >> Category:       bin
 >> Synopsis:       pax(1) doesn't recognize pax as an archive format
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       non-critical
 >> Priority:       low
 >> Responsible:    bin-bug-people
 >> State:          open
 >> Class:          sw-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   net
 >> Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 31 07:00:00 +0000 2016
 >> Originator:     Paul Goyette
 >> Release:        NetBSD 7.99.36
 >> Organization:
 > +------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+
 > | Paul Goyette     | PGP Key fingerprint:     | E-mail addresses:      |
 > | (Retired)        | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee.com   |
 > | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd.org |
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 >> Environment:
 >
 >
 > System: NetBSD speedy.whooppee.com 7.99.36 NetBSD 7.99.36 (SPEEDY 2016-09-09 11:36:24) #0: Fri Sep 9 20:18:34 PHT 2016 paul%speedy.whooppee.com@localhost:/build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/SPEEDY amd64
 > Architecture: x86_64
 > Machine: amd64
 >> Description:
 > 	It seems that there is a "native" pax archive format, which is
 > 	"identical to ustar except the default blocksize is 5120 vs
 > 	10240 ... and there is an additional header" (qupting from irc
 > 	discussion a few moments ago.  So, pax should recognize its own
 > 	"native" archive format, but does not.
 >
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > 	pax -x pax
 >
 >> Fix:
 >
 >
 >> Unformatted:
 >
 >
 >
 > !DSPAM:5816ec19116562010190486!
 >
 >
 
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 | Paul Goyette     | PGP Key fingerprint:     | E-mail addresses:      |
 | (Retired)        | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee.com   |
 | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd.org |
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